Espinoza Sarah M, Adams Kaitlyn T, Muentner Luke, Shlafer Rebecca J
Division of Pediatrics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, United States of America.
Corrections and Reentry Research Program, RTI International.
Corrections. 2024;9(4):485-499. doi: 10.1080/23774657.2023.2233944. Epub 2023 Jul 11.
Physical activity (PA) and its contributions to wellbeing are understudied among incarcerated youth. We used 2019 Minnesota Student Survey data to describe PA rates and test PA's associations with indicators of psychological, social, and perceived health for adolescents in juvenile corrections facilities (JCFs). Participants ( = 265, 29% female, = 15.4 years) self-reported days of ≥ 60 minutes of PA in the previous week. They also reported how often they experienced joy and energy and built trusting peer relationships, as well as how they perceived their overall health and symptoms of anxiety and depression. We calculated descriptive statistics and tested PA's associations with psychological, social, and perceived health variables among the full sample, then stratified by sex, with unadjusted and age-adjusted models. Female and male youth averaged over 5 days of ≥ 60 minutes of PA. PA was positively, significantly associated with experiencing joy and energy, building trusting peer relationships, and having better perceived health, though sex-related differences emerged. PA was unassociated with anxiety and depression. Results suggest PA rates are high in JCFs, though quality remains unclear. While PA is positively associated with certain developmental outcomes for incarcerated youth, PA alone seems insufficient for mitigating their mental health concerns.
在被监禁的青少年中，体育活动（PA）及其对幸福感的贡献尚未得到充分研究。我们使用2019年明尼苏达学生调查数据来描述体育活动率，并测试体育活动与青少年教养设施（JCFs）中青少年的心理、社会和感知健康指标之间的关联。参与者（n = 265，29%为女性，平均年龄 = 15.4岁）自我报告了前一周中进行≥60分钟体育活动的天数。他们还报告了自己体验到快乐和活力、建立信任的同伴关系的频率，以及他们对自身整体健康状况以及焦虑和抑郁症状的感知。我们计算了描述性统计数据，并在全样本中测试了体育活动与心理、社会和感知健康变量之间的关联，然后按性别分层，采用未调整和年龄调整模型。女性和男性青少年平均每周有超过5天进行≥60分钟的体育活动。体育活动与体验快乐和活力、建立信任的同伴关系以及有更好的感知健康呈显著正相关，不过出现了与性别相关的差异。体育活动与焦虑和抑郁无关。结果表明，青少年教养设施中的体育活动率较高，但其质量仍不明确。虽然体育活动与被监禁青少年的某些发展成果呈正相关，但仅靠体育活动似乎不足以缓解他们的心理健康问题。
